传播学专业的学生接受基础广泛的文科教育，目的是使他们适应21世纪的挑战，适应迅速变化的工作场所的需求以及从事多个职业的可能性。该专业涵盖了媒体和视觉文化，关系和组织沟通以及修辞和公民参与的许多方面。除了传播学课程外，该专业还要求开设艺术与人文，社会科学和历史课程，以及辅修或辅修专业。该系的本科专业目标包括帮助学生实现出色的传播学教育，增进他们对人际交流的知识和理解，并在交流活动中发挥领导作用。通过这样做，我们希望能够帮助学生为成功的职业，公民责任以及富有成效的生活做好准备。
Communication Studies majors receive a broad-based, liberal arts education designed to equip them for the challenges of the 21st century, the need to adapt to a rapidly changing workplace, and the likelihood of more than one career. The major encompasses many facets of film and media studies, relational and organizational communication, and rhetoric and civic engagement. Along with courses in communication studies, the major requires courses in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and history, and a minor or second major.<br><br>The department's goals for undergraduate majors include helping students to achieve an outstanding education in communication studies, to further their knowledge and understanding of human communication, and to provide leadership in communication activities. In so doing, we hope to help students prepare for successful careers, the duties of citizenship, and productive and rewarding lives.<br><br>Learning Outcomes<br>Students will demonstrate:<br><br>Knowledge about the history and practice of our discipline in three specific areas: film and media studies, relational and organizational communication, and rhetoric and civic engagement. Students will be able to explain the utility of theories from these areas and utilize research methods to explore questions from each area of inquiry. <br><br>Skills that allow them apply their knowledge of the major as they address contemporary issues salient to their personal, professional, and civic lives. They will be skilled in both oral and written communication, being able to develop and deliver coherent, well-organized claims to specific audiences. Students will also develop critical thinking skills that allow them to analyze texts, situations, or issues using credible evidence and following a logical, systematic, and/or precise structure.